Karting Sammalisto began
karting at the age of seven. During his karting career, he most notably won the 2022 Finnish Karting Championship in
OK. Sammalisto also competed in WSK and CIK-FIA competitions during his karting career, in which he was a Kart Republic factory driver from 2021 until 2023.
Formula 4 2024 during the
2024 Italian F4 Championship Stepping up to Formula 4 competition for 2024, Sammalisto joined
R-ace GP to compete in the
Formula 4 UAE Championship. Taking his first points in race two of the first
Dubai round by finishing eighth in race two, Sammalisto took his season-best result at the same venue two weeks later by finishing sixth in race two. during the
2024 Euro 4 Championship Remaining with the same team for the rest of the year, Sammalisto competed with them in both the
Italian F4 and
Euro 4 Championships. In the former, Sammalisto scored his first points at
Imola by finishing seventh in race three. After not scoring points at
Vallelunga and
Barcelona and missing two rounds due fractures in three vertebrae, Sammalisto scored two points finishes in the season-ending round at
Monza en route to an 18th-place points finish. In Euro 4, Sammalisto raced in the final two rounds of the season, only scoring points in the season-ending round at
Monza by finishing eighth in race three.
2025 during the
2025 Italian F4 Championship Sammalisto switched to
US Racing for 2025, beginning his season in the
Formula Winter Series, where he contested the first and last rounds of the season, taking a best result of fourth in race two at
Algarve. Sammalisto then returned to the
Italian F4 Championship for the rest of the year, in which he started off the season with a seventh-place finish at
Misano. Following a best result of ninth at
Vallelunga, he scored his maiden series podium by finishing second in race three at
Monza. In the following three rounds, Sammalisto scored a best result of fifth at both
Mugello and
Barcelona, before ending the year with back-to-back third-place finishes at
Misano en route to an eighth-place points finish.
Formula Regional Sammalisto was initially set to step up to the
Formula Regional European Championship in 2026 with
Trident. However, due to undisclosed reasons, he was replaced by
Kai Daryanani for the season. == Karting record ==